In 2009, Toronto’s Shim-Sutcliffe completed Integral House, one of the most significant houses to be built in North America. With the passing of its owner, Jim Stewart, what will happen to a house designed for one man’s unique passions?

Advanced lighting technology has made it possible for almost any object or surface to take on a mysterious glow. As is clear in these six examples, translucency is also showing up in art, fashion and architecture.

Blues, emeralds and deep-sea aquas. The greening of colour will flourish in 2015, just as designers are merging the natural and the artificial in new ways – as seen in these 13 projects, products and phenomena.